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- Boycott | Definition of Boycott by Merriam-WebsterDefinition of boycott : to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions boycotting American products Other Words from boycott Did You Know?
- Boycott Synonyms, Boycott Antonyms | Thesaurus.comThe boycott was one which all the military force of the commonwealth was powerless to lift. The process was first tried upon a Captain Boycott, hence the term. A conspiracy to boycott is punishable, but boycotting is not in itself an offence. The labor unions have shown that the boycott is a powerful weapon.
- Boycott | BritannicaBoycott, collective and organized ostracism applied in labour, economic, political, or social relations to protest practices that are regarded as unfair. The boycott was popularized by Charles Stewart Parnell during the Irish land agitation of 1880 to protest high rents and land evictions.
- Boycott | Meaning of Boycott by Lexico1 Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest. ‘we will boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme’ ‘The academic establishment boycotted him.’
- Boycott - definition of boycott by The Free Dictionaryboycott, embargo - A boycott is an organized popular protest, named for Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-97), a land agent in Ireland to whom this was done in 1880; an embargo is usually imposed by a government. See also related terms for imposed.
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